Word: mcdonald
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Russia's capital already has its McDonald's restaurant, of course. But during this May Day parade in Beijing, Chinese marchers can also plan to slip out for a hamburger and fries. McDonald's largest outlet, seating 700 people, opened last week in a busy shopping district just off Tiananmen Square. Someday it might consider a slogan like OVER 1 BILLION SOLD -- TODAY. For now, its managers probably assume that the Golden Arches are advertisement enough...
Liam T.A. Ford '92 and Matthew J. McDonald '92 of The Crimson (and Peninsula) similarly cast aside Take Back the Night because of what they call the "bizzare political agenda"--equal rights and safety from violence against women--of its female organizers. The editors deride the organizers of the event for not subscribing to a policy of "ideological neutrality"--a policy which Jessye E. Lapenn '93 and Heidi I. Siedlecki '93 rightly termed "both impossible and oxymoronic" in their letter to The Crimson published yesterday...
...their dissent, Liam T.A. Ford and Matthew J. McDonald criticize the "monotonous chant-mongers exhorting marchers to '--the patriarchy.'" Yet, at the same time, they say," Strive to stop violence against women." They fail to understand that the dominant patriarchal structure engenders widespread, systematic violence against women...
They were two chicken fajitas from McDonald's that unlikeliest of sources for gourmet cooking. Julia Child, I suppose, would faint at the thought that chicken fajitas at McDonald's would be more satisfying than medallions of chicken wrapped in ham and covered in an orange cream sauce. But my mission had been accomplished, and my traveling companions were treated to a satisfied silence...
...which will be on display this week at New York's auto show, takes about one minute to assemble. But is not intended for mass production. "We were just giving our engineers a blank sheet of paper to see what they could come up with," says Mazda representative Tom McDonald. Too bad: just imagine put-putting to the airport and stowing your car in the luggage rack...